Mayo fightback hands GAA big windfall

Croke Park will host 165,000 supporters inside 24 hours next weekend, an unexpected development that’s worth an additional €3m to the GAA.

Mayo’s fightback from seven points down to secure an All-Ireland football semi-final replay means they have presented the GAA with a huge cash injection for the second year running.

The five-in-a-row Connacht champions drew with Kerry at this stage of the 2014 Championship, though that replay was watched by just over 36,000 at Limerick’s Gaelic Grounds.